It is not enough that there is a collection of people with the common aim of working in unison towards an objective... Aspiration and desire only are not enough.
Idries ShahKnowledge is not gained, it is there all the time. It is the "veils" which have to be dissolved in the mind.
Idries ShahIf you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken.
Idries ShahPeople who speak or act in an ordinary fashion are most likely to be those who have been the recipients of higher experiences. But because they do not rage around, wild-eyed, people think that they are very ordinary folk and therefore not aware of anything unknown to the general run of man.
Idries Shah